2009 H1N1 Influenza Infection-Related Hospital Admissions: A Single Center Experience with Adult Patients in West Texas

Table 4

Treatment and outcomes of 2009 H1N1 influenza infection.

Treatment and outcome	Total (𝑛=31)	ICU (𝑛=15)	Non-ICU (𝑛=16)	𝑃 value
Oseltamivir treatment	28 (90%)	14 (93%)	14 (88%)	Ns
Days from onset to oseltamivir initiation	3.42 (3.3)	4.3 (3.8)	2.6 (2.5)	Ns
Oseltamivir treatment within 48 hr of onset	16 (57%)	6 (43%)	10 (71%)	Ns
Oseltamivir initiation before admission	3 (11%)	2 (14%)	1 (7%)	Ns
Oseltamivir initiation on admission	16 (57%)	8 (57%)	8 (57%)	Ns
Oseltamivir initiation within 48 hr of admission	4 (14%)	2 (14%)	2 (14%)	Ns
Oseltamivir initiation after 48 hr of admission	5 (18%)	2 (14%)	3 (21%)	Ns
Survive	27 (87%)	11 (73%)	16 (100%)	0.04
Discharge to home	20 (74%)	6 (55%)	14 (88%)	0.009
Discharge to long-term facility	7 (26%)	5 (45%)	2 (13%)	Ns
ARDS	8 (26%)	8 (53%)	0	0.001
Septic shock	7 (23%)	7 (47%)	0	0.002
Secondary bacterial infections	18 (58%)	8 (53%)	10 (63%)	Ns

Ns: nonsignificant. 𝑃>0.05 for comparison of ICU and non-ICU patients by 𝑡-test, 𝜒² test, or Fisher’s exact test.
ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.